1. (n.) A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

2. (n.) The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

3. (n.) Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

4. (n.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink.

5. (n.) To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

6. (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court.

7. (n.) To rail at; to scold.

8. (v. i.) To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw.

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